That's correct CLEAR won't affect input only files unless *ALL is specified.
Thanks,
Ashwani
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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:52 PM
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Subject: Does the CLEAR operation on an input-only file do anything?
I've been working with what I would consider a bug in a vendor supplied program. They're processing a file conditioned on an optional field in a secondary file. The secondary file is specified as input-only, externally described, and keyed. For each record in the primary file, they do a chain to the secondary (input-only) file. Then the code is something like:
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chain (keys) secondary-record;
if not %found;
clear secondary-record;
endif;
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In the ILE RPG Reference Manual under Initialization Operations, it reads:
"When these operation codes are applied to record formats, only fields which are output are affected (if factor 2 is blank) or all fields (if factor 2 is *ALL)."
Also in the manual under "Clearing Record Formats" and the CLEAR operation
code:
if *ALL is not specified, only those fields with a usage of output or both are affected. All field-conditioning indicators of the record format are affected by the operation.
So am I correct in getting back to the vendor and telling them they aren't coding the CLEAR incorrectly? i.e., It should be coded:
clear *all secondary-record;
Thanks,
Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International
(419) 753-1222
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